Violent thunderstorms moved across the Boston region this afternoon and evening, soaking some, giving others vivid lightning displays and rainbows, forcing the delay of a New England Revolution match at Gillette and turning the Natick commuter-rail station into the sort of raging water-filled arroyo you normally only expect to see after freak storms in a western desert:
WOW!!! Natick #MBTA Station flooded. Trains stopped (video from viewer). pic.twitter.com/0ujo2HPq7P
— AndreaWBZ (@AndreaWBZ) August 16, 2015
MadTy captured the storm moving in over the Great Blue Hill:
Ominous clouds over Boston Harbor and Logan Airport:
Looking north over the inner harbor:
North of the harbor, Gordon Hallett watched the storm from Point of Pines in Revere:
Steve Safran saw a double rainbow:
Nikluk reports the Revs game at Gillette was delayed due to lightning:
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West Medford
By BostonDog
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 9:17pm
Yet here in sleepy West Medford not a drop. We heard thunder and I was hoping for rain for the plants and to cool things off but no luck.
Patience
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 9:38pm
Lawrence Estates just got doused.
But, yeah, lots of sky drama and no water for the most part all evening.
Flash
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 9:39pm
Boom!
Serious rain in Somerville started around 10:45 pm
By Ron Newman
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 11:23pm
after several hours of largely rain-less lightning and thunder.
Cape Cod
By cybah
Sat, 08/15/2015 - 11:10pm
I was waiting for the ferry in Ptown on my way back to Boston and took some shots of the storm cell above. *REALLY* didn't wanna stand there on the pier in a thunderstorm but luckily it passed just to the south of Ptown.
(I forgot to tag Adam in these but it's not really Boston, but cape cod)
I was going the other way..
By Neal
Tue, 08/18/2015 - 12:11am
...towards Provincetown, just as the storms passed to the north. My friends and I got quite a lightshow as we made our way up US 6 between Wellfeet and PTown. My friend who was driving said that he felt bad for people on the ferry, if it was passing through the storm. I agreed.
Last night couldn't have been more different. I took the 8:30 boat home, and despite a minor problem with one of the Salacia's water jets, which resulted in speed reduction for a while (and a slightly late arrival), it was as smooth as glass.
Natick Station.
By anon
Sun, 08/16/2015 - 8:29am
The commuter rail crews spent a lot of time restoring the old legacy drainage system there last year.
I wonder if it helped ?